Moltres That Forgot Its Homeland

December 1st. Two days had passed since the Donghuang Conference concluded successfully.

Yet discussions about the tournament remained fervent.

Many dazzling moves that had flashed by during the livestreamed battles were recreated through countless online analyses.

That was what Pokémon Battles between top-tier trainers were like. There were so many dazzling details that without slow-motion footage and post-match breakdowns, they were impossible to understand.

Just as ping-pong balls moving too quickly could hurt the viewing experience, Pokémon Battles were the same. Many matches only revealed their full brilliance during the post-match analysis.

Many matches in this Donghuang Tournament were exactly like that, especially Red's and Xia Chen's. Seven of the top ten popular videos in Pixiv's Pokémon Battle section were their matches from the conference.

The most common phrases in the bullet comments and comment sections were the straightforward, speechless, "Holy shit!" and "You can fight like that?" among similar remarks.

Compared to the fervent online response, the Donghuang Conference participants had already returned to their peaceful daily lives.

Red and Blue returned to Pallet Town together, Steven and Wallace flew back to Hoenn, and everyone else went home as well. After sending Eternatus back to Galar, Xia Chen headed to another island of his that was still under development.

This island had been his reward for putting on a Dynamax exhibition match with Leon. Of course, that was only the official reason. The deeper reason was that he had resolved the Eternatus incident and discovered Dynamax.

Both matters had been immensely consequential, so the Galar League had been exceptionally generous. The island covered a full hundred square kilometers, roughly the size of three Origin Spirit Islands.

Xia Chen had yet to decide how to develop it.

Other than its larger area, its location, climate, and other conditions were all